This Week on GRadio
by C.L. Cook - GRadio.Substack.com
The weekend raid against Venezuelan sovereignty launched by the Americans raises numerous questions; questions like: Law, what law? Does the United Nations matter? And most importantly, How can the World operate when a single entity claims conqueror’s rights to all it desires?
The murderous kidnapping operation and flagrant subsequent brutalization of President Maduro and First Lady, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro offers bleak confirmation of the Trump administration’s answers to these question; but what of the international community?
Given the chance to condemn another in the long string of criminal actions undertaken by the United States, how that community of nations reacts now is - more than mere political barometer - it’s a signal moment in how the rest of this decade, and perhaps century will unfold, or perhaps unravel.
For its part, Canada has proven a bellwether for the Anglo-American Axis, (including its willing NATO accomplices). Delegitimizing the Maduro government was Prime Minister, Mark Carney’s opening observation; and it only gets worse from there.
Yves Engler is an activist, journalist, and author of countless articles and essays detailing Canada’s long, dark foreign policy history. Yves’ written a dozen books on that subject, including: ‘Stand on Guard for Whom?: A People’s History of the Canadian Military’, ‘House of Mirrors — Justin Trudeau’s Foreign Policy’, ‘Left, Right — Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada’, and his latest, ‘Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy’, co-written with Own Schalk.
Engler is too an aspirant for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party whose campaign to be included in the debates challenged the NDP’s commitment to both the democratic process and desires of its rank and file members. It’s a challenge the backroom rulers of the party have so far failed to meet.
Yves Engler in the first half.
And; even as the World watches Venezuela, getting an accurate picture of what’s happened, what is happening, and how Venezuelans think and feel about it through the lens of an increasingly propagandized media is difficult, if not impossible.
Ricardo Vaz is a journalist and political analyst. He’s a contributor to the communication collectives Tatuy Tv and Utopix, and his articles appear regularly at Venezuelanalysis. His latest piece there is, ‘Venezuela: Brazil to Send Medical Aid Following US Bombing’.
Crowds in Caracas defend the Bolivarian Process. (photo: Rome Arrieche)
Ricardo Vaz and life in Wartime in Venezuela in the second half.
But first, Yves Engler and Canada’s Premier, first among Quislings at the feet of Empire.
Music: Ai Tsuno/David Rovics
Song: ‘They’ll Starve the Children’
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at:
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